The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA, +0.95%
rose to an intraday high Thursday, closing with a 1% gain. The S&P 500 Index
SPX, +0.78%
was up 0.8% after setting another intraday record, following the latest round of good economic news.
Bloomberg said its Consumer Comfort Index had climbed to its highest level since 2001. Meanwhile, the U.S. leading economic indicators pointed to a strong second half of 2018.
There are also indications that bond investors remain confident that the economic expansion will continue for at least a few more quarters.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now up 7.8% for 2018 through Thursday’s close, while the S&P 500 is up 9.6%. Those figures exclude dividends.
Dow stocks left behind
Rather than accentuate the positive, here are all 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, with year-to-date price changes, in ascending order:
| Dow component | Ticker | Price change – Sept. 20 | Price change – 2018 through Sept. 20 | Price change – 2017 |
| 3M Co. |
MMM, +1.01% |
1.0% | -8.5% | 31.8% |
| Procter & Gamble Co. |
PG, +1.62% |
1.6% | -7.1% | 9.3% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. |
GS, +0.77% |
0.8% | -6.8% | 6.4% |
| McDonald’s Corp. |
MCD, +1.01% |
1.0% | -6.6% | 41.4% |
| Chevron Corp. |
CVX, -0.08% |
-0.1% | -4.6% | 6.4% |
| Walmart Inc. |
WMT, +0.54% |
0.5% | -3.0% | 42.9% |
| DowDuPont Inc. |
DWDP, +1.89% |
1.9% | -1.7% | 24.5% |
| International Business Machines Corp. |
IBM, +1.40% |
1.4% | -1.5% | -7.6% |
| Travelers Cos. |
TRV, +1.25% |
1.2% | -1.1% | 10.8% |
| Caterpillar Inc. |
CAT, +2.12% |
2.1% | -1.0% | 69.9% |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. |
WBA, +2.26% |
2.3% | 0.4% | -12.3% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. |
XOM, +0.22% |
0.2% | 1.4% | -7.3% |
| Johnson & Johnson |
JNJ, +1.08% |
1.1% | 1.6% | 21.3% |
| Coca-Cola Co. |
KO, +1.48% |
1.5% | 1.7% | 10.7% |
| Verizon Communications Inc. |
VZ, +0.84% |
0.8% | 1.9% | -0.8% |
| Intel Corp. |
INTC, +2.28% |
2.3% | 2.3% | 27.3% |
| Walt Disney Co. |
DIS, +1.67% |
1.7% | 3.8% | 3.2% |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. |
JPM, +0.86% |
0.9% | 10.9% | 23.9% |
| United Technologies Corp. |
UTX, +0.96% |
1.0% | 11.2% | 16.4% |
| Home Depot Inc. |
HD, -0.29% |
-0.3% | 11.4% | 41.4% |
| American Express Co. |
AXP, +0.92% |
0.9% | 11.9% | 34.1% |
| Pfizer Inc. |
PFE, +1.13% |
1.1% | 20.8% | 11.5% |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. |
UNH, +0.40% |
0.4% | 20.8% | 37.8% |
| Boeing Co. |
BA, +0.61% |
0.6% | 24.6% | 89.4% |
| Cisco Systems Inc. |
CSCO, +0.95% |
1.0% | 24.6% | 26.7% |
| Merck & Co. Inc. |
MRK, +1.14% |
1.1% | 25.8% | -4.4% |
| Apple Inc. |
AAPL, +0.76% |
0.8% | 30.0% | 46.1% |
| Visa Inc. Class A |
V, +1.23% |
1.2% | 30.9% | 46.1% |
| Microsoft Corp. |
MSFT, +1.67% |
1.7% | 32.8% | 37.7% |
| Nike Inc. Class B |
NKE, +1.11% |
1.1% | 36.5% | 23.1% |
| Source: FactSet | ||||
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